The effect of the Career Opportunities (COP) and the concept and movement of career education coincide; the element common to both is the linking of schooling and work throughout a person's lifetime. Career education basically involves three stages on the part of individuals: awareness, exploration, and training. Two later stages are career…

This brief history of the Tennessee Manpower Development Training Program for the years 1962-1969 presents information about the enabling legislation, project planning, training programs, staff, and monies expended. Training projects, staff profiles, and equipment and facilities used are provided to help document the background and development of…

To moderate severe increases in the cost of labor, we must increase the labor supply to meet the increasing demand. This means we must assure equal employment opportunity for all in the industry, increase productivity through vocational training, adopt innovative techniques, and reduce seasonality, and make special arrangements in the construction…

An initial assumption was that persons with less than full professional training can provide meaningful, useful and effective mental health services. The scope is confined to occupationally-oriented training at the associate of arts level and at the B.A. level. The extent of current associate of arts level training programs is discussed, as well…

The project described in this report attempted to provide a special project for the selection, counseling, testing, assessment, training, placement, and follow-up of prison inmates whose many problems prevented their profiting from conventional programs in vocational training. The mathematical approach to programing was used in developing the…

This bulletin provides information about available training as well as information to assist supervisors and training officers in developing a coordinated, efficient training program in hydrology and other subjects related to water-resources investigations. Most of the training is presented at the Center at Lakewood, Colorado. Information is given…

A number of schemes have been devised in developing countries in recent years to provide both training and employment for out-of-school unemployed youth. There is a wide variety of views about the efficacy of such schemes, which are often regarded as being particularly costly. Although the real and opportunity costs of youth training and…

This study analyzes the capabilities of a selected sample of black colleges to deal with the problems of unemployment, underemployment, and job training. It further analyzes the existing and potential levels of interrelations between minority colleges, business, and industry. (NTIS)

New Careers is a training program for the underemployed or unemployed. It has two objectives: helping the poor help themselves and the democratization of society. The first has been more effectively dealt with and is of greater relevance to adult educators. Current strategy is based on the belief that even professional jobs can be broken down into…

This paper presents a follow-up of what happened to health service personnel two years after training in an innovative program. Residents of a disadvantaged community were trained to serve as Family Health Workers, being provided with employment opportunities as well as academic accreditation. The program included academic courses related to…

The self-defeating behavior (SDB) theory was applied to veterans who had problems in job training, vocational placement, and academic settings. A group-therapy structure meeting eight times during a four-week period was the basic approach of the SDB seminar. (Author)

This report and recommendations by the Implementation Board of the Library Association Council outlines the training and experience required for certification of library assistants, licensing of librarians, and registration of Library Association Associates and Chartered Libraries. (JAB)

The establishment of a peer tutoring program for mentally retarded individuals by an agency or institution can serve as an effective method to assist with their learning and vocational skill development. (Author/JYC)

The author stresses the importance of planning in setting up company training programs and the need for performance and instructional objectives. (MF)

Discusses youth employment and unemployment in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States; the trends, causes, consequences, policy goals, and specific measures needed to resolve problems. (SL)